Our son (KW) phones, he has just completed his first year of work, his boss is forcing him to take a holiday from work He has the Kruger fever and now that problem falls on isinkwe and morecat , Have no idea why he has Kruger Fever, he has been visiting there since he was 3 months old- maybe because now he has to work for a living 2 days notice , we quickly organise to get a couple of days off. Its out of holiday season- I am sure we will find a place to camp- 1 phone call later and we are set Lets go As usual we get to the gate early

and with the gate still visible in the rear view mirror, we get our first predator things are looking good

Hold on a moment- look left

So far so good , less than 1 kilometre into the park- maybe this is going to be a lucky trip with our son.We are certainly lucky already- He would rather go Krugerparking with the "old folks" than go fishing at the coast with his friends

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

Trrp-trrrrrrrrrrhildagrantmissyshushinjennirmarkusfHey - you guys and girls, move up a bit, we have two more guests

carolg and billyf

Welcome aboard, you got here just at the right time. Lets continue, remember to keep your eyes peeled, we will never know what Kruger will show us next.

Another of the big 5

things are going pretty well so far,

WOW , look at that

Sorry about that folks , hit the brakes a bit harder than I should have , we have to approach slowly to try and get as close as possible, get your out, this might be a good photo opportunity for all of you now on the bus with us. Lets approach with extreme caution

That was pretty special Hope all you fellow Krugerparkers on this bus managed to get a nice

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

If you don't mind , we are going to have to stop the for a moment, we have to set up our camp, very important to have a place to eat and sleep, we chose this spot or rather the spot chose us

next to the fence , we might get some night time visitors I am sure you will be comfortable with us. After setting up home , hanging on the fence , the exoskeleton of a mole cricket ( I think ) am seeking help from the rest of our passengers with identification.

we also get a visit from a "tok-tokkie" beetle

Camp set, we can now relax and start get into the groove of Kruger, get the fire going,did not take long for a night time visitor to arrive.

time for some and then a bit of What will tomorrow bring

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

glad to see we have some more passengers on the , time for a few introductions and a group photofrom left to right:triptrrrrr,hilda,grantmissy,shushin,jennir,markusf,carolg,billyf,barryels,philip1,pumbaa,fooftootjie,pikkie,rooikat,tentdweller,hugh,hope you have all remembered your and, now with the formalities out of the way, lets load the and board the bus

Orb-web spider with his snack

a bottle tossed into the river wait a minute, on closer inspection, I see the bottle was left there by mother nature herself

you must all be getting a bit hungry now, lets stop here for some breakfast

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

Tummies full, lets goGiant KingfisherI hope you all have your bird books with you, I will have a guess ''Wahlberg's Eagle" , lucky there are 16 of us on this unplanned Krugerparking trip. Can anyone help us with a positive identification

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

I see we have a new passenger, foxy welcome , think we will need a bigger bus soon.On the way back to camp

Back in the camp we find the reading monkey relaxing on somebody's patio brushing up on his birding knowledge, maybe he has a new neighbour in his preferred tree

On the other side of the camp, a large crowd has gathered An elephant is trapped by a fence. There are no park officials something must be done to help, this could be dangerous, you had better stay on the bus, till I can sort this out. Nobody knows what to do . I manage to stay calm, then take a walk over to the elephant, analyse the problem, its not as bad as it looked, the big guy just needed to use my hands as a an improvised step.

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

I notice we have picked up another passenger , welcome meandering mouse, we all hope you enjoy the ride with us. Let me introduce you to the rest of the group, from left to right:trp-trrrrrrrr,hilda,grantmissy,shushin,jennir,markusf,carolg,billyf,barryels,philip1,pumbaa,foofootjie,pikkie,rooikat,tent dweller,matthys, and foxy

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

Fantastic stuff, more travelling companions, chickadee and williev, the whole group is happy you decided to join us

After all that excitement with the trapped elephant, we head back to our camp site , I remember matthys asking earlier on about tonight's braai, on arrival we find a crested francolin, seems like he can also read. Clever animals in Kruger

and we also find this close by, trp-trrrrrrrrrr gets very excited

back at camp

we get the fire going

pork chops on the menu tonight( hope that is ok matthys)

during dinner, some night time visitors

and also a Traansvaal Thick tailed scorpion

and then you had all get some sleep, and don't forget to charge your camera batteries

early start tomorrow, --------------------

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

Some new passengers welcome aboard, dellac,tobieo,impyim and hippo.From what I can see, we have some international travellers, some from , ,, we are all happy you came to visit us in SA and on this Krugerparking trip.There is still plenty of space on the so no need for anyone to sit on the roof, like carolg has said, we just all move up a little more, we are a very friendly bunch on this bus. When I am your guide on this trip, we have to stick to the park rules. chickadee has bought some "cold ones" for us which we will certainly all enjoy with tonight's, we also have for those of you who would prefer that.

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

Good Morning my fellow Krugerparkers , I hope you all slept well last night, if you have done the necessary orand.Unfortunately we have to pack up the camp site this morning, , hold on , don't be sad, we are only moving to another campJust the reaction I was hoping for, a happy bus is a lucky bus. All aboard , we will be on our way shortly, eyes peeled and ready?

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

our camp is now set up, time to relax and get the fire on the go for dinner, nobody goes hungry on my watch. and no dieting either

another night visitor, thicked tailed bushbaby,

Rump steak, green salad, potato salad and I shall smother mine with my special blend of beetroot that morecat(SO) makes for me, If I am well behaved and find her plenty of animals. Glad you are helping me search for animals on this trip.

better head off to bed now, early start again tomorrow-------------

Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together

welcome aboard the bus with us stampajane, still plenty room, you got here just in time, we are all climbing aboard at the moment to go for a drive, we will be on our way shortly. I have a feeling we are going to be quite lucky today

To the rest of all my passengers, thank you all for your very nice comments, and I am pleased that you are all having a good with me on this trip.

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Isn't it just amazing how potatoes give us fries and vodka? The rest of the vegetables should get their act together